esteja

Meaning

(first-person,form-of,present,singular,subjunctive,third-person) inflection of estar:
(form-of,imperative,singular,third-person) inflection of estar:

Frequency

Hyphenated as

es‧te‧ja

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈte.ʒɐ/

New

estar

(intransitive) to be (indicates location in space)
(copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
(auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect
(intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
(copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being)
to stand

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Sentences

Até que você esteja infeliz
☹️

, você não
🚫

sabe o que é felicidade .

Until you're unhappy, you don't know what happiness is.

O

pão
🍞

será a

base dos pratos principais , a menos que esteja seco .

Bread will be the basis of main courses unless it is dry.

Geralmente é muito perturbador ter o

ponteiro seguindo onde quer que você esteja procurando .

It's usually very upsetting to have the pointer follow wherever you're looking.

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